You're gonna be bothered by how cool I am.

Most of you (except perhaps you Brits who know his TV work) never heard of him before he was announced as the chosen director of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix last year. I certainly hadn't. His IMDB page lists 15 projects (prior to OotP) for which he received a director's credit. Of these, I have been able to track down only three. His breakout film, so to speak, was "State of Play," a political thriller that appeared on BBC and which is so far only available on Region 2 DVDs. *pouts*

However, there are some interesting things to observe about what I could find of his work and what I could find about him in general.

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He seems to have really gotten into the HP books, and he looks on OotP as his chance to make a big-scale movie like Jaws, which he has wanted to do since he first had the desire to make movies.

I have a love/hate relationship with OotP, the novel. I love it in that it's such a fantastic book, and is very engaging and urgent (once I can get into it). But I also have a hard time re-reading it, because so much of it is a bring-down. However, there are so many incredible moments in it - many of them iconic moments in the series as a whole.

Having said all that, I'm pretty sure this movie is going to be AWESOME. Now when do we get those first set pics?

Most of you (except perhaps you Brits who know his TV work) never heard of him before he was announced as the chosen director of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix last year. I certainly hadn't. His IMDB page lists 15 projects (prior to OotP) for which he received a director's credit. Of these, I have been able to track down only three. His breakout film, so to speak, was "State of Play," a political thriller that appeared on BBC and which is so far only available on Region 2 DVDs. *pouts*

However, there are some interesting things to observe about what I could find of his work and what I could find about him in general.

( Read more... )

He seems to have really gotten into the HP books, and he looks on OotP as his chance to make a big-scale movie like Jaws, which he has wanted to do since he first had the desire to make movies.

I have a love/hate relationship with OotP, the novel. I love it in that it's such a fantastic book, and is very engaging and urgent (once I can get into it). But I also have a hard time re-reading it, because so much of it is a bring-down. However, there are so many incredible moments in it - many of them iconic moments in the series as a whole.

Having said all that, I'm pretty sure this movie is going to be AWESOME. Now when do we get those first set pics?